heaðo-torht, adj., _loud, clear in battle_: nom. sg. stefn ... heaðo-torht, _the voice clear in battle_, 2554. heaðo-wǣd, st. f., _battle-dress, coat of mail, armor_: instr. pl. heaðo-wǣdum, 39. heaðo-weorc, st. n., _battle-work, battle_: acc. sg., 2893. heaðo-wylm, st. m., _hostile (flame-) wave_: acc. pl. hāte heaðo-wylmas, 2820; gen. pl. heaðo-wylma, 82. heaf, st. n., _sea_: acc. pl. ofer heafo, 2478. See Note. heafola. See hafela. heal, st. f., _hall, main apartment, large building_ (consisting of an assembly-hall and a banqueting-hall): nom. sg. heal, 1152, 1215; heall, 487; acc. sg. healle, 1088; dat. sg. healle, 89, 615, 643, 664, 926, 1010, 1927, etc.; gen. sg. [healle], 389.--Comp.: gif-, meodo-heal. heal-ærn, st. n., _hall-building, hall-house_: gen. sg. heal-ærna, 78. heal-gamen, st. n., _social enjoyment in the hall, hall-joy_: nom. sg., 1067. heal-reced, st. n., _hall-building_: acc. sg., 68. heal-sittend, pres. part., _sitting in the hall_ (at the banquet): dat. pl. heal-sittendum, 2869; gen. pl. heal-sittendra, 2016. heal-þegn, st. m., _hall-thane_, i.e. a warrior who holds the hall: gen. sg. heal-þegnes, of Grendel, 142; acc. pl. heal-þegnas, of Bēowulfs band, 720. heal-wudu, _hall-wood_, i.e. hall built of wood: nom. sg., 1318. healdan, st. v. w. acc.: 1) _to hold, to hold fast; to support_: pret. pl. hū þā stānbogan ... ēce eorðreced innan hēoldon (MS. healde), _how the arches of rock within held the everlasting earth-house_, 2720. Pret. sg., with a person as object: hēold hine to fæste, _held him too fast_, 789; w. the dat. hē him frēondlārum hēold, _supported him with friendly advice_, 2378.--2) _to hold, to watch, to preserve, to keep_; reflexive, _to maintain one's self, to keep one's self_: pres. sg. II. eal þū hit geþyldum healdest, mægen mid mōdes snyttrum, _all that preservest thou continuously, strength and wisdom of mind_, 1706; III. healdeð hige-mēðum hēafod-wearde, _holds for the dead the head-watch_, 2910; imp. sg. II. heald forð tela nīwe sibbe, _keep well, from now on, the new relationship_, 949; heald (heold, MS.) þū nū hrūse ... eorla ǣhte, _preserve thou now, Earth, the noble men's possessions_, 2248; inf. sē þe holmclifu healdan scolde, _watch the sea-cliffs_, 230; so, 705; nacan ... ārum healdan, _to keep well your vessel_, 296; wearde healdan, 319; forlēton eorla gestrēon eorðan healdan, 3168; pres. part. drēam healdende, _holding rejoicing_ (i.e. thou who art rejoicing), 1228; pret. sg. hēold hine syððan fyr and fæstor, _kept himself afterwards afar and more secure_, 142; ǣgwearde hēold, _I have (hitherto) kept watch on the sea_, 241; so, 305; hīold hēah-lufan wið hæleða brego, _preserved high love_, 1955; ginfæstan gife ... hēold, 2184; gold-māðmas hēold, _took care of the treasures of gold_, 2415; hēold mīn tela, _protected well mine own_, 2738; þonne ... sceft ... nytte hēold, _had employment, was employed_, 3119; hēold mec, _protected_, i.e. brought me up, 2431; pret. pl.